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Honestly, some of these messages confuse me sooo much. I am not clean...I am a sinner! I can only be cleansed through him. So if he is not doing it before the rapture, then I guess I am left behind. I pray daily for cleansing and help in everything I do, yet I still make mistakes. Ughhh...I guess I just don't get it!!!
Coulby, thank you for sharing this sacred conversation with us. He has told me, as well, that there are many in His Church who will need to be cleansed/refined in the tribulation, as they have not yet submitted to HIS cleansing work in their lives.
God bless you. 
I can relate, Big Mama and Melissa . . where in scripture is part of the true CHURCH left behind to be cleansed after the rapture?
The essence of our assurance and hope is the rapture of the Church, the blessed comfort inspired by the Holy Spirit to occur before the tribulation
It's true, we don't don’t deserve to be saved from the wrath to come." But for His true church, our Lord specifically informed us that the tribulation is a special judgment of God for unbelievers.
Dear church . . this escape from wrath is not based on merit, but on what the Bible says.
Let us be confident as witnesses, and through Christ's Love poured out to us, and celebrate the saving grace of Christ.
May our joy here @ RITA continue to fill our souls at the mention of His return, yes, yes, let the joy of our Lord's coming in the air for us show in us.
What a gift, to HOPE and be ASSURED that draws others in. . . hope and confidence, that's our gift from Jesus, for soon we will be in our Father's house at that great time of reunion and rejoicing.
Um . . What happened to the fullness of the Lamb's atoning Blood through Christ alone doing the cleansing; hence forming the church, as Jesus promised?
How about the Thief on the Cross, where is he? Jesus replying to the thief regarded his FAITH, saying: this day you will be with Me in paradise .
amen, for the Church . . 'it is finished' . .
The Day of the Lord is NOT for the CHURCH to endure . . it has to do with His return and the judgments that come for those who REJECTED Christ's gospel . . This DAY centers around Christ's judgments and His return to earth.
The Day of the LORD will come like a snare on THEM (not the Church) that dwell on the face of the earth. Warnings will be given by the 2 Prophets and the 144,000 sealed at this time to those to not take the Mark, and to escape ULTIMATE judgment.
Obviously, MANY do NOT love "His appearing". Now, we can write interesting posts or say interesting things (even SHOCKING things) but, when all is said and done, do we LOVE HIS APPEARING???
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Calvin, I think this is really insightful and true for various reasons. Some are probably having too much fun, or so they think, and others are probably really afraid of His appearing, because they do not have peace in Him.
When I stepped from darkness into light at about 30 years of age, I could clearly see the lie that I had bought that sin was fun!! Also the fear disappeared too because I felt God's peace, and the riches of this world suddenly became very meaningless in comparison to Christ and fully abiding in Him!
Interestingly, I was saved as a young child but had been very backslidden for many years up to that age of 30, and I think that at that point I went from eating spiritual milk onto the meat course!
God bless you!
Coulby: Lord Jesus, would You talk to me about this message through Star?
Jesus: The time of the first harvest is NOW My son.
Coulby: So, if the first harvest is now, then those people who are taken will not be cleansed.
Jesus: They don't need cleansing. I'm not going to cleanse people if they don't need it.
Coulby: Is the first harvest the "rapture" harvest?
Jesus: The first harvest is the rapture. You need to understand, My son, that my church (as a whole) is not ready. They need to be cleansed. Even many on RITA need cleansing. I will take whoever is ready but the rest will be left behind to be cleansed. You also need to understand, My son, that I always cater My messages to the entire group. On the one hand I am speaking to those who have clean, white garments but I also speak to those who have filthy garments. Yes, the church will come home to Me but the rest will be left behind to be cleansed.
The Lord Jesus was also showing me that the Church in paragraph 2 of Star's message is the Church as a whole, most of which needs to be cleansed. They will be purified through the great tribulation. The "CHURCH" in the last paragraph is the body of believers that is ready right now and will be taken in the rapture which is very soon.
I love you all - Coulby
TY Coulby 4 sharing w/us, your fellow RITArians.
Oh Lord, I hope 'n' pray that I am found worthy of being included in the Rapture. If ever I need cleansing, my time is now.
Love U 4-EVER, Jesus!!!
-Tammy
Coulby: Lord Jesus, would You talk to me about this message through Star?
Jesus: The time of the first harvest is NOW My son.
Coulby: So, if the first harvest is now, then those people who are taken will not be cleansed.
Jesus: They don't need cleansing. I'm not going to cleanse people if they don't need it.
Coulby: Is the first harvest the "rapture" harvest?
Jesus: The first harvest is the rapture. You need to understand, My son, that my church (as a whole) is not ready. They need to be cleansed. Even many on RITA need cleansing. I will take whoever is ready but the rest will be left behind to be cleansed. You also need to understand, My son, that I always cater My messages to the entire group. On the one hand I am speaking to those who have clean, white garments but I also speak to those who have filthy garments. Yes, the church will come home to Me but the rest will be left behind to be cleansed.
The Lord Jesus was also showing me that the Church in paragraph 2 of Star's message is the Church as a whole, most of which needs to be cleansed. They will be purified through the great tribulation. The "CHURCH" in the last paragraph is the body of believers that is ready right now and will be taken in the rapture which is very soon.
I love you all - Coulby
TY Coulby 4 sharing w/us, your fellow RITArians.
Oh Lord, I hope 'n' pray that I am found worthy of being included in the Rapture. If ever I need cleansing, my time is now.
Love U 4-EVER, Jesus!!!
-Tammy
Tammy Jesus's blood cleanses us from all sins... He already has paid the price....Just recieve this gift... of course if you have repentance to take care of do this.....
Thank you Big Mama for posting what I was thinking but too timid I guess to say so. About being more confused ... the dates, the calendars, the what makes you worthy?....
Thank you for all speaking up assuring me I am okay with God... J/Susan, Donna, CJ, Cheryl Ann, Tammy, (the last few messages I read).... I get uptight when I read there are things yet I have to do, when I thought I was already safe in the Lord. I repent of my shortcomings daily, and pray to be counted worthy as He told us to. That's all I can do anymore....
Oh Lord, please come soon, we are sooo weary.
I can relate, Big Mama and Melissa . . where in scripture is part of the true CHURCH left behind to be cleansed after the rapture?
The essence of our assurance and hope is the rapture of the Church. The blessed comfort inspired by the Holy Spirit to occur before the tribulation
It's true, we don't don’t deserve to be saved from the wrath to come." But for His true church, our Lord specifically informed us that the tribulation is a special judgment of God for unbelievers.
Dear church . . this escape from wrath is not based on merit, but on what the Bible says.
Let us be confident as witnesses, and through Christ's Love poured out to us, and celebrate the saving grace of Christ.
May our joy here @ RITA continue to fill our souls at the mention of His return, yes, yes, let the joy of our Lord's coming in the air for us show in us.
What a gift, to HOPE and be ASSURED that shows in us, and draws others in. . . hope and confidence, that soon we will be in our Father's house at that great time of reunion and rejoicing.
Um . . What happened to the fullness of the Lamb's atoning Blood through Christ alone doing the cleansing; hence forming the church, as Jesus promised?
How about the Thief on the Cross, where is he? Jesus replying to the thief regarded his FAITH, saying: this day you will be with Me in paradise .
amen, for the Church . . 'it is finished' . .
The Day of the Lord is NOT for the CHURCH to endure . . it has to do with His return and the judgments that come for those who REJECTED Christ's gospel . . This DAY centers around Christ's judgments and His return to earth.
The Day of the LORD will come like a snare on THEM (not the Church) that dwell on the face of the earth. Warnings will be given by the 2 Prophets and the 144,000 sealed at this time to those to not take the Mark, and to escape ULTIMATE judgment.
You couldn't have made that much clearer, Sister Donna.
I like the promises that Jesus gave us also..
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2Th 1:11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power;
There are so many more promises pointing and explaining that the BLOOD of Christ covers our sins to NOT been seen anymore.. That is for those People that have asked Jesus to forgive them and to save them and live in their hearts.
THEN >> Eph.4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed to the day of redemption.
There are many that run to Church every Sunday that put on a show for their own honor and not for Jesus.
I won't go down that road, but you know what I'm talking about..
Those seeking Jesus daily in our lives even though we still stumble every day, we are covered by the shed blood of Jesus. Past, Present, and Future sins are cleansed by his blood atonement...
That is what cleansed us.... WE CAN NOT DO A THING other than live for him daily.. It was and still is, A FREE GIFT from God called GRACE..
Now, by our actions and what we do for Christ, deteremines OUR REWARDS at the Bema Seat, BUT WE ARE SAVED by his shed blood..
And in Closing I'll use this verse, to me this is the most powerful thing that Jesus stated to us as a Christian;
Luke 21:36 Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Joseph
]THEN >> Eph.4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed to the day of redemption.
Those seeking Jesus daily in our lives even though we still stumble every day, we are covered by the shed blood of Jesus. Past, Present, and Future sins are cleansed by his blood atonement...
That is what cleansed us.... WE CAN NOT DO A THING other than live for him daily.. It was and still is, A FREE GIFT from God called GRACE..
Joseph
Joseph, . . kinda hard to argue against the above!!
Dear Joyful, all it takes to be worthy is to love Him more than anything else.
If we love Him, we will yearn to please Him; and we will come humbly before Him, pleading with Him to show us if there is anything we need to repent of. We will seek Him for the Truth, opening our hearts to whatever He wants to reveal to us, not assuming we have it "all figured out".
It's not about being perfect. It's about admitting that we are not, and never can be, perfect in our own strength. It's about asking HIM TO DO THE CLEANSING WORK within our hearts. It's about HUMILITY.
LOVE YA, SIS!!! 
P.S. Sometimes He reveals to me what's in other's hearts because they refuse to look for themselves.
Good point, J/Susan . . yes, how about the dead in Christ that are caught up? . .
Are we to 'condemn' or 'judge' the thief on the cross not to be included in the rapture of the true CHURCH?
J/Susan, you raised a good question on a previous post, it's worthy of an answer.. .
your question was: "how is the Trib going to 'cleanse' the church?
I agree, the Blood of the Lamb does the cleansing.
This type of discussion here is not an isolated question. I have for many years along with many others been told to tell people to be ready and this is not necessarily talking to the non-Christian.It is talking to the lukewarm church...they are believers but they are just what the word says, lukewarm..they are contended in confessing Jesus as Savior, but they have not made Him Lord of their lives. Read Rev. 4:1 "I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU NEITHER COLD NOR HOT. So then BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPUE (vomit) THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH." He is talking to the Christian here and the Laodician church that He is talking to here is the type or symbollic of the last day church of today.Also read Rev.2:4,5...to those who left their first love...
Rev. 3:10 is talking to the Piladephia church..those who are ready.
Like I said, there are many of us who have been called already in 1988 to witness for the Lord to be ready...Choo Thomas's book which many of you have read was written primarily to warn people to be ready...it was mainly written to the Christian...Remember what He said? He said, everything is ready in Heaven but my church or Bride is not. The Bride is taken out of the church...the remainder who are not ready will be left here tried in the fire and later be raptured.They are saved, but not ready. I have witnessed since 1988 every time I leave my home almost and most of them say they are Christians but many are not living for the Lord. I have a neighbor that goes to church...is active and yet I know what he doing that is not right with the Lord. I see it with my own family and I have been told by the Lord they are not ready many times. I have been given a dream in regards to my daughter which I had to relate to her several years ago that she was living too much in the world...caught up in the world system.
Those who are living in sin such as fornication, homosexualtiy and other sins Paul speaks of will not enter the kingdom of God if they do not repent.
I believe this is who the Lord is speaking to. Some I believe get caught up in so many things and do not have a personal relationship with the Lord..they haver left their first love.
There have been many messages posted here over the last year or so, for I know I have posted many that people are receiving warning us of this...TO BE READY!!! "Jesus said,you call me Lord, Lord and you do not do the things I have commanded you to do.....
I have a tract that I have handed out for years called ' ARE ALL CHRISTIANS GOING IN THE RAPTURE??' it is scriptually sound, and it quotes many scriptures showing that. It is available and worth reading. Lyn Myze wrote a book in regards to this several years ago called THE OPEN DOOR which speaks of this very clearly scritpually.
GOD BLESS...MARANATHA..Virginia
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God bless you all. Jesus is coming soon.
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Jesus speaking to the CHURCH here:
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND FROM ITS PLACE. Rev 2:4&5
Now, if they had forsaken their first love (Jesus), then they were TRUE believers to begin with. Otherwise, Jesus would not admonish them to RETURN. They are in danger because they are not repentant. (We use the term backslidden today).
Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, AND I WILL MAKE THOSE WHO COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER SUFFER INTENSELY, *UNLESS* THEY REPENT OF THEIR WAYS. (STILL speaking to the churches here- i.e Christians. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I AM HE WHO SEARCHES HEARTS AND MINDS, AND I WILL REPAY EACH OF YOU ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS. Rev. 2:20-23
Jesus is speaking of rewards (repay each of you according to your deeds). The rapture is not automatic; it is a reward to the overcomers, the faithful, the repentant.
I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; OBEY IT, AND REPENT. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. So, there are believers here that are shown by our Lord to have soiled their clothes (they have unrepentant sin). Those are the group the Lord says He is going to come upon them as a thief. Alternately, the believers that still have clean clothes are found worthy by His terms. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. Rev.3:1-3
Jesus knows what's in our hearts and what are deeds consist of. There is no fooling Him, but we can fool ourselves (the heart is deceitful ABOVE all things). It would behoove us to ask the Lord to search our hearts and show us if there be any sinful way in ourselves now and repent before it's too late. Remember, Jesus speaking to HIS CHURCH in all these letters.
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. This is speaking to all those who live on the earth!! Not just Jewish people and unbelievers. Christians who are left behind, indeed live upon the earth to be tested, as well. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 12Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God Rev 3:10-12
If overcoming was automatic upon belief in Jesus Christ, why would our very Lord Himself admonish us to be overcomers here? It is through obedience and submission to the work of the Holy Spirit, that is our part of the deal.
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to SPIT YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH. Rev 3: 15&16
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
To him who OVERCOMES, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. Rev 3:19-20
God Bless.
I am absolutely convinced that any who 'practice' sin do not belong to Jesus.
and, so for us on RITA which I'm more convinced the above doesn't apply . . be encouraged, and humbled and joyous that we are invited to come to the Throne boldly.
I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father". . John 10:11
Our Jesus will not let us go . . and of His own, He will lose none . . "My sheep know My Voice, and they hear Me" . .
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I like the way John MacArthur puts it:
We can’t just carry on with our responsibilities with a diminishing love for God and others.â€
God wants us to enjoy Him in this life (Psalm 27:13) He wants an “in love†relationship all the time…and if God wants it, we can have it, if we are willing.
In the very next verse in Rev 2:5 God tells us how– He says “remember the height from which you have fallen and do the things you did at firstâ€.
Remember the grace God offered you.
Remember the blood that has made you white as snow.
Remember the love that He showed on that cross
and remember others need to see this love and grace in you.
Oh, how this one hit home for me. It is so easy to be so busy, so caught up in life, so aware of the evil in this world that I lose the awe of my Savior. God forbid.
He is the One who will never leave me nor forsake me.
He is the One who has carried me through so many hard roads, He is the One who loves the unlovely me and whose blood gave me a robe of white.
He is the One who has been faithful…
Love the Lord – it is the greatest commandment…
Let’s pray together to love Him like we first did, to be in continued awe of Him, to remember His grace, to encourage each other as we look forward to the day of His return. He is there.
His arms are open wide. Nothing compares to Him. He is the solid rock, the hope of all nations.
He is the soon-coming King who knows every hair on your head.
He is in control.
He is all good.
He has not left you.
He will never leave you.
All glory and honor and praise belong to Him.
Prayer --Father: I love you. Help me to remember the height from which I have fallen. I want more of you because You want more of me. Draw me nearer precious Lord and help me to never forsake my first love. Thank you for loving me. Amen.
Well, then, I suppose Jesus must have been mistaken when He spoke the above to His Church. I guess He didn't mean all those things and the warnings mean nothing. He doesn't discipline those He loves, instead they were not His all along if they disobey? That's ok. I'll keep the words of Jesus, and you can hold on your your convictions. This is serious stuff we are speaking of and I wouldn't want to be the one to say that it's ok to just overlook the words of our Lord in Revelation specifically to His children.
Well, then, I suppose Jesus must have been mistaken when He spoke the above to His Church. I guess He didn't mean all those things and the warnings mean nothing. He doesn't discipline those He loves, instead they were not His all along if they disobey? That's ok. I'll keep the words of Jesus, and you can hold on your your convictions. This is serious stuff we are speaking of and I wouldn't want to be the one to say that it's ok to just overlook the words of our Lord in Revelation specifically to His children.
Mel please dont get offended...
I want you and charity to share what is in your heart.... if you believe we are missing something then it is only fair to explain so others can understand..right?
Well, then, I suppose Jesus must have been mistaken when He spoke the above to His Church. I guess He didn't mean all those things and the warnings mean nothing. He doesn't discipline those He loves, instead they were not His all along if they disobey? That's ok. I'll keep the words of Jesus, and you can hold on your your convictions. This is serious stuff we are speaking of and I wouldn't want to be the one to say that it's ok to just overlook the words of our Lord in Revelation specifically to His children.
I think He disciplines those He loves to help us with our walk on earth..to make us stronger vessels to be used here ......
Bless you sweet Melanie . . we're sisters, and I love you.
In continuation of our discussion, . . I am trying to find in scripture where our Lord Jesus says, depart from Me, for I knew you at one time. . . but now you are not Mine.
All saved, born-again, and blood-bought children of God here on earth will be raptured.
Our Father sees the Holy Spirit abiding in the believer, Christ Himself raising up His blood-bought in the rapture!! praise God!!!
Yes, yes, the saved have oil in their lamps.
Granted, not all who sit in the church pews will hear Him but those who are born again will hear Jesus shout.
There will be many 'professing' church people who will be left behind because they are not born again.
The Lord makes it plain that those who diligently believe they're works gets them raptured are not born again.
What a shock!!
Looking @ Matthew 7:22-23: Many will say to me in that day, . . . "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many WONDERFUL works?
. . . And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
How can this happen? How can church people do things, WONDERFUL things for the Lord and yet Jesus will tell them, "I never knew you."
Please, take notice that these people that Jesus WILL say this to were NEVER born again.
What does The Lord say?, "I NEVER knew you." That is to say, "You have never been mine."
Does the above refer to backsliders? If God says, "I never knew you." . . seems He means just that?
These 'good workers' do not know God personally and Jesus will tell them, "I NEVER knew you."
I don't see where the Lord says from the above. I knew you at one time...you used to be mine."
The "partial rapture" makes no sense for the saved.
We are saved by grace through faith and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
It's real hard to make sense of a partial rapture for those who are saved and born-again.
I beleive that anyone who has accepted Jesus into their heart and has asked for forgiveness of their sins and meant it and truly loves Jesus with their whole heart and tries to live their life for Jesus the best way they can.
Will all be in the rapture!!
And the ones watching like everyone here on Rita will get a crown of righteousness for watching.
But watching I beleive has nothing to do with if Jesus will take you in the rapture it is just we will get a crown for our faithfulnes in watching for him.
But everyone who has said the saving prayer and meant it when they said it will all be in the rapture.
Because we are all sinners but we are just now forgiven for them because of Jesus and Jesus is the only one who can set us free from our sins.
And nothing we do can ever set us free.
If we had to be perfect to be in the rapture none of us would be going.
But remember Jesus came for the sinners not the righteous and the forgiven sinners is the ones he is now coming back for which is all of us!!!
And the only ones that will be left behind are the lost sinners that need forgiveness not the forgiven sinners (christians)that have realized they need forgiveness and Jesus.
And this is what I beleive is true and helps me to live a life free from condemnation.
So hope this makes you all that are worrying if you are good enough to be in the rapture feel better and that you have nothing to worry about. And if you have been forgiven by Jesus and love him with all your heart and try your best to love others that is all you can do and that is all that is required to be in the rapture.
Love you all
Sister AngelHeart
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